Nintendo of Korea has entered to South Korea due to the request from KOGIA：Korea Game Industry Agency with a mission to contribute the development of a profitable market in South Korea. However, pirated softwares and illegal downloads have been increasingly popular. This could lead to low profitability and ruin the development of a game software market in South Korea.

According to the “USTR – SPECIAL 301 Report” released last month, South Korea is one of the “Watch List” countries regarding the intellectual property protection.